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The brilliance of taking the time to remake a fallen cabinet, just to put it on a single nail so it swings and pivots wildly ensuring more content to make when it breaks again. 👏👏👏
Not any different than how you hang photos .. Ive hung photos with a lot more weight than that looks like it has on a single nail - if that’s in a stud it’s gonna be fine. Though I do agree with you on the door latch! My guess is the door swung open and pulled the entire thing down considering how not broken most of the back of it was.
This video has made me realize just how much I would love to see Adam make a physical "I Spy" diorama populated with objects of his own design or collection, each object notated with its own anecdote in a corresponding booklet. To see both the creativity in design and scene setting as well as the inspiration behind each addition would be enlightening.
it's hilarious how I've watched Adam spend 17 hours machining a part so it's within a ten thousands of an inch, never stopping until it's perfect, and then when it comes to this cabinet he's fine with no door latch, and it slipping and sliding on the wall the entire time he's trying to put things back into it.... I have no words for how insane this is to watch...
I have a friend whose grandparents buy a vintage letterpress tray for each grandchild when they buy their first home so they can populate it with tchotchkes. It's a fantastic way to highlight milestones and impactful memories with a tactile representation of the event and in an artistic display for a space. I've started collecting trays and building some of my own to pass down to my kids and grandkids one day.
It is called. SETZKASTEN in Germany, and I always wondered, why, it being another purpose for a.letterpress. tray makes so much sense. Thanks for your family tradition. I guess, I will have to custom build one with door now, thanks to Mr Savage.
@@awildschuetz1 in our family it’s hand made andiorndack chairs from my dad and step stools were made for each of us as kids by my Noni (grandfather) on the Christmas we turned 5 . Along with the handmade easel my other grandfather I never met made for my grandmother ) who taught me to paint and is why I’m a graphic artist now) are some of my most precious things I own.
Your joie de vivre is infectious and much appreciated in these angst-ridden times. I watch you because you are not asking your inanimate objects if they bring you joy. It is obvious that everything you own brings you joy, and you share that passion so generously with us.
Marie Kondo's method never worked for me but someone gave me a much better question to ask myself: "If this had poop on it would you clean it off or throw it away?"
I love how the shelf was rehung in such a perilous way that it virtually assures it'll get knocked over again and we'll get another fun twenty minutes of repair and jerry-rigging.
It’s always so interesting to look for items in the background that you recognize from other videos and talks. (Like his Maltese falcon reflected in the bathroom mirror as he’s repopulating the cabinet.)
I love how he judges whether he can take off that tiny bit while it’s still spinning down from last time, or if he’s gonna have to go with the power up. 😁
He gets a nail or staple gun in hand and his wild devil-may-care side really comes to the fore. Seen it many times. Never use two… when seven will do! 😂
i love the glazy-brown paint look over the wood, it makes it feel a lot like some old built-in piece of furniture like that you'd find in an arts-and-crafts style home. the age and patina of the case itself makes it feel like its own well-loved tchotchke and really matches the feel of the objects inside it in a way that highlights them.
About a year ago I built a tchotchke curio for my office. I wanted it to look like it could have been something in the bookstore in the first Neverending Story movie. It turned out great and is one of my favorite pieces of furniture now.
The fact that the cabinet is fixed on 1 pivoting point and constantly swinging is driving me mad aahahah... althought what drives me even madder is Adam doesnt care a single bit. xD
I dont think its he doesnt care, I think it was he was more in that hyper focused (hyper fixation) state which was putting his most favorite and precious knick knacks exactly how he wants them. I think he has mentioned ADHD before, but anyway that just like most other things on the spectrum allow for this to happen XD
Trying to get the shelf out of the bathroom reminds me of one of my favorite movie tropes where our hero picks up the damsel who fainted and carries her through the house to gently place her on a couch. I always wonder what kind of tricks they use to make that look elegant, because I can't carry a laundry basket across the house without banging into door jambs and stuff, and I imagine a laundry basket fits in less space than a fully grown woman 🙂
That's so funny. Yes, the hero was always able to carry the woman through doors, downstairs etc without breaking her skull or ankles (or disturbing her hair do). Ha ha I can't carry an ironing board without knocking things off surfaces.
I prefer the term "oddments", because they're odd little bits and pieces. I could definitely use an oddments shelf, at the moment they're on my bookshelf in front of my books.
Reminds me of the photos in the “I Spy” and “Do you see what I see?” puzzle books. We have each that was published for most of the holidays and they come out year after year.
Yeah, we are the exact opposite. I am a minimalist and I like everything to be out of sight and out of mind until I need it. But that said, I love The Cave. I could never live in it - work there permanently - but I love it. My own workspaces don't even look like workspaces when I'm not using them.
You may say it is poor build quality, but it lasted 30 years just fine. The mounting was the part that failed, and it didn't explode into pieces, which means it just needs a little love. If it was all shiny and new... it would lose the Tchotchke'ness of it, such is life.
Adam, I can't believe I'm going to give you a suggestion. ... I have started using French cleats to hang cabinets like this. I made a whiskey cabinet for my brother which holds a lot of weight. The French cleat makes it stable and secure.
For trinkets with chains I recommend a slight lip on the front edge of a shelf to keep things from rolling off due to the weight of the chain slipping off. A lip will help everything stay on the shelf.
It falls off the wall by itself; he hangs it back apparently exactly the same way it was before. And eventually a big truck will drive past and it will fall again. Why not put up new hangers, or screw it directly to the wall? I don't get it, it's already sliding around with the smallest touch...And no latch. He didn't clean the glass. My brain hurts.
My mom had a shelf like that in our old entertainment center. It was filled with mice statues. And a real mouse. He lived on the shelf and slept by night and did his mouse thing at night. The only way we knew he was there is when we cleaned off the shelf. I told mom this one felt really and laughed until it jumped out of my hands and ran for the backdoor. Leaving me with a present in my hand.
That is a cabinet of curiosities. I like that. Nice idea. I often wonder what to do with all my oddments. They usually live in a box but if would be good to display them like this.
15:34 Was anyone else saying through clenched teeth, "Oh no, don't hit your head when you stand back up"? Then the thing shifted a tiny bit and I was so certain he was going to hit his head _and_ knock the thing off the wall again.
Drive a couple of brads into the rear bottom corners of the box and snip them off so about an eighth of an inch protrudes toward the wall. That will stop the cabinet from swinging on the upper hanger. It's an old clockmaker's trick to lock down movement and case so the beat of the clock is maintained.
I used to live with friends who had two whole 5ft x 18in.sq high glass cabinets in the living room filled with Tchotchkes along with a wall mounted 6ft long by 8in deep glass fronted IKEA cabinet filled with miniature porcelain German (I think, maybe French) houses. Used to drive me berserk, because it wasn’t a big house, and this stuff was just a complete collection of nothing in particular. Since moving on and having my own house, I’m the opposite. My house may be furnished like an IKEA showroom, but it’s minimalist and devoid of “random crap”, probably because of living with that for a few years. I also have a cat that’s a keen fan of Isaac Newton, and is continually testing gravity fields around the home. When people buy me little holiday souvenirs, I have absolutely no idea what to do with them. They are still close friends, but when I visit them, I just can’t believe they surround themselves with so much….. stuff.
I thought for certain that you'd hang it better the second time. A veritable Schrodinger's Tchotchke Display Cabinet. Is it fixed? If not, can it ever be fixed? Will we ever know? If we know, then it needs to be fixed again...which could mean that it will need to be fixed AGAIN! Forever fixed and unfixed.
Ah tchotchkes - the debris of a life well lived. Sure it's just a rock, but maybe it's the first gift your kid gave you in earnest. Something that reminds you of an old friend. Delightful.
For the desire to see many things at once, what would you think about the layout of the old Cincinnati public library? I guess that one would be a worthy successor to Adam's current workshop, spacewise at least.
Seeing your collection of stopwatches, and knowing that you have recently acquired a mini lathe IIRC? and jewelers tools....methinks some kind of bespoke timepiece may be in our future? 🤷♂
That appears to be a future disaster. Latch8ing the door will keep things inside when it shifts or falls off again. If you inadvertently bump it, is it still going to rotate about the top hanging pin?
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A skosh is from Japanese, from military American bases, bringing back the world sukoshi, which means a little amount. :D
The brilliance of taking the time to remake a fallen cabinet, just to put it on a single nail so it swings and pivots wildly ensuring more content to make when it breaks again. 👏👏👏
That and the unwillingness to put a latch on so the door flop around is insanity.
Adam's going to run out of room on the back to note "rebuilds".
yeah right and having dunny lid open ,one point was going see him go fish something out of it.
Not any different than how you hang photos .. Ive hung photos with a lot more weight than that looks like it has on a single nail - if that’s in a stud it’s gonna be fine. Though I do agree with you on the door latch! My guess is the door swung open and pulled the entire thing down considering how not broken most of the back of it was.
And he’s in California too. I thought he would screw it to the wall
I love that you fixed it exactly as precariously as it was before.
This video has made me realize just how much I would love to see Adam make a physical "I Spy" diorama populated with objects of his own design or collection, each object notated with its own anecdote in a corresponding booklet. To see both the creativity in design and scene setting as well as the inspiration behind each addition would be enlightening.
Yes! This would be great merch for the Tested store!
I’m old enough to remember when Joanie Loved Tchotchke.
LOL
And…I’m dead 😅
Came to the comments to find this, and wasn't disappointed. 😂
@@LAZER1981A
RIP Lazer, the light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. 😢
@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 Hahahahaha. I am too!
it's hilarious how I've watched Adam spend 17 hours machining a part so it's within a ten thousands of an inch, never stopping until it's perfect, and then when it comes to this cabinet he's fine with no door latch, and it slipping and sliding on the wall the entire time he's trying to put things back into it.... I have no words for how insane this is to watch...
the first time that tilted, I would have immediately been "Nope, your going onto a french cleat!"
I love using the metal french cleats found at various hardware stores.
Or at least two hangers
I have a similar thought lol. I immediately thought ok now hes going to go grab a new mounting solution.
@@mromutt and fix the door latch?
@@garthor He seemed very set on there not being a latch haha
I have a friend whose grandparents buy a vintage letterpress tray for each grandchild when they buy their first home so they can populate it with tchotchkes. It's a fantastic way to highlight milestones and impactful memories with a tactile representation of the event and in an artistic display for a space. I've started collecting trays and building some of my own to pass down to my kids and grandkids one day.
Ok. That’s the coolest gift ever.
That's lovely!
It is called. SETZKASTEN in Germany, and I always wondered, why, it being another purpose for a.letterpress. tray makes so much sense. Thanks for your family tradition. I guess, I will have to custom build one with door now, thanks to Mr Savage.
@@awildschuetz1 in our family it’s hand made andiorndack chairs from my dad and step stools were made for each of us as kids by my Noni (grandfather) on the Christmas we turned 5 . Along with the handmade easel my other grandfather I never met made for my grandmother ) who taught me to paint and is why I’m a graphic artist now) are some of my most precious things I own.
Your joie de vivre is infectious and much appreciated in these angst-ridden times. I watch you because you are not asking your inanimate objects if they bring you joy. It is obvious that everything you own brings you joy, and you share that passion so generously with us.
Marie Kondo's method never worked for me but someone gave me a much better question to ask myself: "If this had poop on it would you clean it off or throw it away?"
That…thats genius. 😂
That's a much lower bar than "does it give you joy?" But it's much easier to implement. 😊
Depends how ingrained the poop is tbf
So what about toilet paper, buy it or not?
Kondo lines it up among its pairs and asks give it joy.
Great advice - upgrading my sub-routines to include that 👍
As someone who loves to tinker with a multitude of different things, your shop of "oh that's a cool tool" gives me great joy.
The description of needing to "see lots of things at once" made me feel so validated.
As a hoarder with ADHD, I do too.
I love how the shelf was rehung in such a perilous way that it virtually assures it'll get knocked over again and we'll get another fun twenty minutes of repair and jerry-rigging.
It’s always so interesting to look for items in the background that you recognize from other videos and talks. (Like his Maltese falcon reflected in the bathroom mirror as he’s repopulating the cabinet.)
Do you have Replicants in your bathroom? Get a Toilet Blaster today! 😂
Savage is the master of doing things 80% good enough.
@@Drew_Snydermann 80% good enough is far better than 0% done. ✅
"I love meeting people who've chewed the same dirt as me!" This is such an incredible line, I'm stealing it and you can't stop me!
Is the cabinet hung by a single fixture? Because every time Adam breathes heavy near it, it slips, and it's driving my anxiety through the roof!
I'd have at least two screws in the wall and maybe a supporting batten underneath!!
but how will he get more content from a single object if he fixed it permanently?
At least it's making appropriate bathroom sounds when it moves, so that's a bonus!
And that disk sander it still on to this very day! lol
this video has the first appearance that i remember seeing it not spinning.
I love how he judges whether he can take off that tiny bit while it’s still spinning down from last time, or if he’s gonna have to go with the power up. 😁
The shop reminds me of the backrooms and basements of NYC shops packed floor to ceiling just enough room to get through to do what you have to do
I'm really enjoying the ongoing saga of the air compressor.
One of these days ...
@@tested no rush.
It sparks joy!
He gets a nail or staple gun in hand and his wild devil-may-care side really comes to the fore. Seen it many times. Never use two… when seven will do! 😂
i love the glazy-brown paint look over the wood, it makes it feel a lot like some old built-in piece of furniture like that you'd find in an arts-and-crafts style home. the age and patina of the case itself makes it feel like its own well-loved tchotchke and really matches the feel of the objects inside it in a way that highlights them.
About a year ago I built a tchotchke curio for my office. I wanted it to look like it could have been something in the bookstore in the first Neverending Story movie. It turned out great and is one of my favorite pieces of furniture now.
Amazing!
The fact that the cabinet is fixed on 1 pivoting point and constantly swinging is driving me mad aahahah... althought what drives me even madder is Adam doesnt care a single bit. xD
I dont think its he doesnt care, I think it was he was more in that hyper focused (hyper fixation) state which was putting his most favorite and precious knick knacks exactly how he wants them. I think he has mentioned ADHD before, but anyway that just like most other things on the spectrum allow for this to happen XD
I love how each thing is a memory of sorts, or have some sentimental value and a story to tell. It's like a scrapbook in 3D.
Trying to get the shelf out of the bathroom reminds me of one of my favorite movie tropes where our hero picks up the damsel who fainted and carries her through the house to gently place her on a couch. I always wonder what kind of tricks they use to make that look elegant, because I can't carry a laundry basket across the house without banging into door jambs and stuff, and I imagine a laundry basket fits in less space than a fully grown woman 🙂
That's so funny. Yes, the hero was always able to carry the woman through doors, downstairs etc without breaking her skull or ankles (or disturbing her hair do). Ha ha I can't carry an ironing board without knocking things off surfaces.
"I don't like that sound in the background, hold on". Ten minutes later nailer goes 'click'. 😂
I prefer the term "oddments", because they're odd little bits and pieces. I could definitely use an oddments shelf, at the moment they're on my bookshelf in front of my books.
😊It's really cool that you have something of your dad along with all your faves. I like that I learned a new word!
Reminds me of the photos in the “I Spy” and “Do you see what I see?” puzzle books. We have each that was published for most of the holidays and they come out year after year.
He should put locks in there, too.
And the Tchot-keys that go with them. 😁
~"I love Visual cacophony"
Wait ... thats me :P
Its a blessing Adam Continued filming himself after Mythbuster dude !!! Love this guys !!
If Adam ever started a Movie production company, wouldn’t Visual Cacophony be an awesome name?
I have never felt more understood, on a fundamental level, than during this episode/process.
perhaps some hooks to hang a selection of watches from in a long vertical section? playing with width and depth
,, but why did it fall?
An object at rest stays at rest.. unless it's a shelf mounted on a wall for 3 decades.. then KABLAM!
Visual cacophony! Excellent description of the environment I thrive in! So hard to describe to someone who craves order... :)
That bathroom is chaos
Shelf still doesn't seem very securely mounted. Perhaps a cleat strip.
Yeah, we are the exact opposite. I am a minimalist and I like everything to be out of sight and out of mind until I need it. But that said, I love The Cave. I could never live in it - work there permanently - but I love it. My own workspaces don't even look like workspaces when I'm not using them.
That diy soldering station just blew my mind!
Seeing you Repopulate that Tchotchke cabinet made me want to built something similar, it doesworth it :D
While Adam rearranges his favorite things. Then he feels, HE NEEDS MORE! :D
A visitor of the cave goes to the bathroom for a simple body function, then comes out an hour later with a list of questions.
And possibly stitches!
You may say it is poor build quality, but it lasted 30 years just fine. The mounting was the part that failed, and it didn't explode into pieces, which means it just needs a little love.
If it was all shiny and new... it would lose the Tchotchke'ness of it, such is life.
Tchotchke… isn’t he a character on that old TV series “Happy Days”… you know, remember Joanie loves Tchotchke? 😉😎😆
Knowing that an oval Hellboy I made hangs behind the Cave toilet is legitimately the best thing.
~Sculptorio
Screw it to the wall mate😂
After the 2nd tilt i woulda just got my drill and a 2" and screwed it in there.
yup! it fell off for a reason!!
Yes! I give it 6 months before it comes crashing down again. I'd have shoved some JB Weld all over the thing.
Literally yelled that at the screen. 🙄
Adam, I can't believe I'm going to give you a suggestion. ... I have started using French cleats to hang cabinets like this. I made a whiskey cabinet for my brother which holds a lot of weight. The French cleat makes it stable and secure.
For trinkets with chains I recommend a slight lip on the front edge of a shelf to keep things from rolling off due to the weight of the chain slipping off. A lip will help everything stay on the shelf.
It falls off the wall by itself; he hangs it back apparently exactly the same way it was before. And eventually a big truck will drive past and it will fall again. Why not put up new hangers, or screw it directly to the wall? I don't get it, it's already sliding around with the smallest touch...And no latch. He didn't clean the glass. My brain hurts.
Yes.....Especially the wall fixing and glass.....
Adam's brain is the most fascinating room of all.
Happy to see the Black Axe from Mouse Guard make it back into the cabinet!!!
"There's not another word with that amount of consonant malarkey"
Wales: "Hold my vowels"
My mom had a shelf like that in our old entertainment center. It was filled with mice statues. And a real mouse. He lived on the shelf and slept by night and did his mouse thing at night. The only way we knew he was there is when we cleaned off the shelf. I told mom this one felt really and laughed until it jumped out of my hands and ran for the backdoor. Leaving me with a present in my hand.
It's like the Mouse and the Motorcycle in real life!
That is future content, right there !
That is a cabinet of curiosities. I like that. Nice idea. I often wonder what to do with all my oddments. They usually live in a box but if would be good to display them like this.
15:34 Was anyone else saying through clenched teeth, "Oh no, don't hit your head when you stand back up"? Then the thing shifted a tiny bit and I was so certain he was going to hit his head _and_ knock the thing off the wall again.
I grew up with Tchotchke in south central Wisconsin, too.
Case falls off wall, damages case, let's rebuild it and secure it back to the wall with one anchor point. Totally safe now!
yeah all that effort on the case but no second thought on the actual problem of hanging it on the wall haha
Drive a couple of brads into the rear bottom corners of the box and snip them off so about an eighth of an inch protrudes toward the wall. That will stop the cabinet from swinging on the upper hanger. It's an old clockmaker's trick to lock down movement and case so the beat of the clock is maintained.
OMG, it just occurred to me Tchotchke that was the name of the restaurant in the movie Office Space. Your cabinet sure does have a lot of flair.
The black-and-white portrait of you in the bathroom is awesome. Who did it?
An upgrade on how it attaches to the wall wouldn’t have been a wasted effort 🙂
That big pocket watch reminded me of John Harrison's H4 marine chronometer, and now I need to go re-read Longitude!
I am very much the same with Tchotchkes, knickknacks, and trinkets, any space I live and work in gets an explosion of odd stuffs I like to look at.
Beautiful display, for all off your bibs and bobs 😁👍
I'm still nervous watching that thing precariously hanging there. What do you think about using a french-cleat system to secure it on the wall?
One nail/screw in the wall by the left lower corner will stop it from shifting when you open the door!
Start of video: "Stupid air compressor, be quiet"
Literally 10 minutes later: "Why don't I have air for my brad nailer?"
The eternal struggle lol
I've never seen Adam and a pigeon in the same place......
I used to live with friends who had two whole 5ft x 18in.sq high glass cabinets in the living room filled with Tchotchkes along with a wall mounted 6ft long by 8in deep glass fronted IKEA cabinet filled with miniature porcelain German (I think, maybe French) houses. Used to drive me berserk, because it wasn’t a big house, and this stuff was just a complete collection of nothing in particular. Since moving on and having my own house, I’m the opposite. My house may be furnished like an IKEA showroom, but it’s minimalist and devoid of “random crap”, probably because of living with that for a few years. I also have a cat that’s a keen fan of Isaac Newton, and is continually testing gravity fields around the home. When people buy me little holiday souvenirs, I have absolutely no idea what to do with them.
They are still close friends, but when I visit them, I just can’t believe they surround themselves with so much….. stuff.
I thought for certain that you'd hang it better the second time. A veritable Schrodinger's Tchotchke Display Cabinet. Is it fixed? If not, can it ever be fixed? Will we ever know? If we know, then it needs to be fixed again...which could mean that it will need to be fixed AGAIN! Forever fixed and unfixed.
I didn't know Scotts family names had mottos. Looked ours up and its "Tutum te robore reddam" (I will give you safety by strength).
Mine's: Insperata floruit
Translation: It has flourished beyond expectations
So, we didn't die out as expected 😂
Now I have to see if I have one.
Is that one of Ron Cobb's designs for the Nostromo I see hanging over Adams Head at the 3.13 mark? ❤
is that yellow model next to the facehugger at 1:04 based on Ron Cobb's artwork for alien?
I liked the John Donne poem line there, very out of the blue
I can't believe you didn't screw into a wall stud. Okay, fine.
Hey! Show us your model stash-- I spotted two stacks. I think.
The cabinet reminds me so much of the whimsical and chaotic symphony of an "I, Spy" page
Hehe, made a display case just like that 60x60cm some 10 years ago 😊
Glad he used the same parts the tchotchke is a memory as well as what it contains
Lovely episode.
Side note; I've found myself thinking I could actually use a measuring tattoo on me somewhere. Somewhere handy.
Ah tchotchkes - the debris of a life well lived. Sure it's just a rock, but maybe it's the first gift your kid gave you in earnest. Something that reminds you of an old friend. Delightful.
Yesss!!! I love how you worded this, it's so good
Have you ever looked at the floor wear patterns to help determine how to organize your shop?
Would love to see a barrister bookcase build one day
All that work to fix it; puts it back on the same shoddy nail🤣
You could use the space between the rafters and some plexi to display some more tchotckes, props and anything else above you
For the desire to see many things at once, what would you think about the layout of the old Cincinnati public library? I guess that one would be a worthy successor to Adam's current workshop, spacewise at least.
Am I the only one wishing this was titled “Adam Builds a Savage Tchotchke Display Cabinet!”
Seeing your collection of stopwatches, and knowing that you have recently acquired a mini lathe IIRC? and jewelers tools....methinks some kind of bespoke timepiece may be in our future? 🤷♂
Holy god. Gloves and eye pro my brother!
a wall clock made to store a bunch of pocket watches seems like a fun idea!
Adam, how many active, partially finished projects do you have in your cave ?
Speaking of pieces of Buster, did anyone ever find the... was it the thigh? that went missing in the water during "Hammer Drop"?
🧚♀️✨ tickles the tism ✨
Lookin at ur shelf reminds me of my own watches knives rings semi precious stones each a memory for me
Visual cacophony. A perfect description of my collections. I have multiple empty walls in need of shelves.
I can't wait for the air plumbing video
I think there was a missed opportunity to buff up/clean the plexiglass before the frame was reassembled
I really thought when the piece of buster fell from Adam's hand, the sound editor was going to insert a "plop" sound as if it fell into the toilet.
That appears to be a future disaster. Latch8ing the door will keep things inside when it shifts or falls off again. If you inadvertently bump it, is it still going to rotate about the top hanging pin?
What is the first thing he put in the display once it was hung? I feel like I remember a video, but am not sure what to search for to find it